Choice of the Week（Week of June 24, 2013 programs）

◆Journeys in Japan Special ~ Tohoku haiku journey －following Basho's footsteps－ ~

Kit Pancoast Nagamura admires the works of Edo period haiku poet Matsuo Basho, and she also writes her own haiku in English. Recently, she has taken landscape photographs of Japan's Tohoku region that were inspired by Basho's poetry.

◆Booked for Japan ~ Kanejiro Kanemoto: Master eel chef ~

Kanejiro Kanemoto is the fifth-generation head of a 200-year old, Michelin-starred restaurant that specializes in eel. Robert Campbell of Tokyo University interviews the 85-year-old chef, businessman, and mentor.

◆ULTRA-TRAIL Mt.FUJI 2013 ~ 161km Around Japan's Sacred Mountain ~

Although "ULTRA-TRAIL Mt. FUJI" has only been held twice、it has already established itself as an international trail-running race. Watch as participants from 40 countries make their way around the foot of Mt. Fuji.

Видео Choice of the Week（Week of June 24, 2013 programs） канала NHK WORLD-JAPAN